Ryzen 3600 upgrade issues.

[BitByBit]

I'm current running a 1500X on a Gigabyte AB350 Gaming-3 MB and decided to pop in a 3600 after reading all the rave reviews. The result? PC fails to POST.

Now I updated the BIOS to the latest version which, according to https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-3-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios supports 3rd Gen Ryzen and have everything in BIOS set to Auto, including voltages. I returned the chip to the vendor, who confirmed it was dead, so I received a new replacement. After installing the replacement 3600, I get the same result - no POST. After both upgrade attempts, I reinstalled my 1500X with no issues, so I doubt I'm doing anything physical that would result in two dead 3600s.

Am I just that unlucky or do you think it's likely something I've done/not done?

Edit: Issue solved by removing one RAM stick, POSTing, then placing the second stick in different slots until I could POST with both installed. RAM in question is 2 X 8GB Team Group Dark Pro 3200MHz (C16).

 

[UsandThem]

I watched a video on YouTube where a guy has the same problems.

After a while, he figured out it was his Gigabyte motherboard that had BIOS issues supporting the new CPU. Apparently their BIOS support is a mess (with the last published BIOS back in May 2019).

I'll look at my computer's history later, and see if I can link the video.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, Gigabyte's BIOS update F40 is a bit wonky. I haven't directly heard that it caused outright chip failures, but I suppose that might be a possibility.

I upgraded this B450 AORUS PRO WIFI from Gigabyte, to BIOS F40, but I had to install BIOS F31 first, and do the EC Firmware update, which corrupted BIOS F31, and caused it to boot and re-flash the primary BIOS from the backup failsafe BIOS that was still on F4. So I had to re-flash again (with my 1600 installed), to F31, then F40, then finally a while later when the 3rd-Gen Ryzen CPUs came out, I bought a 3600 almost a week ago, and put it in.

It was a little harrowing. I didn't have my 1600 overclocked, but I was running XMP, and I didn't clear CMOS before dropping in the new CPU. (Probably would have been a good idea?)

It booted, like 3-4 times, sort of, I saw the front LED fans flash a few times, eventually, somehow, it POSTed, after a couple of minutes, but thereafter, it's been fine. It does take a while to POST after a cold power-off (when I unplug it to work on it).

And I lost my two SoC-driven SATA ports, they don't function. Some people have complained about their M.2 NVMe socket not functioning after BIOS F40 upgrade, and dropping in a 3rd-Gen Ryzen CPU (putting the older 1st/2nd-Gen Ryzen back in, causes it to work again, according to the thread I read on Gigabyte's user forums that was linked here a day or two ago).

 

[UsandThem]

Here's the video I saw (it looks like he updated with additional info since I saw it):

It's now working! I had to wait nearly 10 minutes of unresponsive reboots, but THEN it kicked on. So this is a heads up for everyone. If you're updating to Ryzen 3000... Give wait until it posts. However long that might be

 

[BitByBit]

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I'm better off waiting for the next BIOS for my MB before attempting another upgrade.

 

[gobbledygeek]

I have same issue as OP , Gigabyte ab350m-hd3 updated bios 3 times with r3 1200 taking me from f23 to f41 but the ryzen 5 3600 just will not post , i wanted f41 as it allows pcie gen 4 but even trying f42a which is the newest it still fails to post , just restarts every 30 seconds


Edit : f42a still shows pcie gen 4 option when running r3 1200 but still the 3600 refuses to post , even after left it power cycling for over 20 mins.

 

[BitByBit]

I managed to sort the issue by removing one of my RAM sticks, getting it to POST, and then trying different RAM slots until I could get it to POST with both sticks installed. It was a fairly tedious process, but I got it to work in the end with everything set to default in BIOS.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

What memory? It will helps others searching the issue. Thanks.

 

[gobbledygeek]

Mine is working fine now , somehow missed doing the firmware update even though i had downloaded it , that reverted me to f10 i think so then had to flash upto f41 as i didnt want to loose the pci-e gen 4 ability ,
Ram is Corsair vengeance lpx 2x8gb kit 3000mhz cl15 , not had any nvme booting issues (sk-hynix pc300 512gb) so far , haven't tried an ssd as i don't have one spare.
Hope this helps.

 

[BitByBit]

What memory? It will helps others searching the issue. Thanks.

It's Team Group Dark Pro 2 X 8GB 3200MHz (C16).